Delivery cabinet



Des. 25, 11923. 11,478,590 F. TAMBORELLO DELIVERY CABINET Filed March 23 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a /WW Dec. 25, M923. 1,4785%]? F. TAMBORELLO DELIVERY CABINET Filed March 25 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented. Dec. as. teas.

a. i ramnonnnzco, or MILWAUKEE, wrsconsmi.

. Application filed March 23, 1923. Serial No. 627,024.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK TAMBORELLO,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have .invented oertain new and useful Improvements in Delivery Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to an automatic delivery and receiving box. It comprises a cylindrical cabinet and a rotor therein divided into compartments, each adapted to receive goods delivered. The rotor may be swung to discharge position wherein the housewife has access to the filled compartments through a door.

The main object of the invention is to provide a receptacle of this character which is designed especially for use in apartments or'dwellings where the occupants are away for the greater portion of the time, so that collections and deliveries may be made without'inconvenience' and which is so constructed that it can be turned in one direction only and when the various compartments are filled the door of the receptacle will be automatically, locked and can only be ,readily moved from-place to opened with a key.

-An obj'ect of the invention is the pro vision of a cabinet that is portable and place so that it may be conveniently carried into the house ordeposited on a porch or in any other suitable location.

Another object is to provide a receiving receptacle for protecting the articles placed therein from the elements as well as from tampering by thieves;

A. further important objct' of theinvention is the provision of a rotor having a low cylindrical wall which permits the ready insertion into the compartments of goods delivered and at the same time protects the goods from contact with the cylindrical cabinet wallwhich otherwise might upset bottles and-tear packages.

The cylindrical wall servesfurther to impart strength and'durability to'the construction.

An ob'ect of the invention is the provision o a lever and pallet adapted to cooperate with a ratchet for advancing the rotor, a link connecting the lever to the dclivery door. a The arrangement is such that considerable leverage is exerted at the time .of initiation of movement of the rotor.

With the'above and other objects in view, I

which will appear'as the description'proceeds, the invention resides in the novel constructlon, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the ap pended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing is illus- I trated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far I devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the cabinet showing the rotor part- 3 ly in section.

Figures 2 and 3 are plans on the lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Figure 1 respectively.

Figure 4 is a detail of a stop.

Figure 5 is a detail of a ratchet member" and pawl for preventing rotation in one direction of the rotor. 4

Figure 6 is a detail of means for advancin the rotor. %he cabinet comprises a cylindrical ,wall 10 rigid with bottom 11 and top 12. A door a second opening in t e cylindrical wall 10.

' Bottom 11 carries'a bearing 18 receiving a trunnion 19 and top 12 carries a bearing 20 'reoeivin trunnion 21. Trunnion 19 is rigid with disc 22 formin the bottom of a rotor. From disc 22 a p urality of radial partitions 23 extend upwardly and terminate at and are ri id with disc 24. Disc 24 is rigid with rate et 25. The lever rotates on trunnion 21 and carries a pallet/27 adapted to engage withthe teeth of the ratchet, which are ofthe same number as the partitions. A link 28 is connected at its ends to lever 26 and delivery door 16. On the opening of thedelivery door pallet 27 is acp 13 is hinged to the cylindrical wall at 14, overlying an opening therein.

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tuated to advance the ratchet and the entire 4o I delivering,'the door 16. cannot be opened, as

through the medium of the door tending to put the rotor in motion. This facilitates the movement of the rotor and the opening of the door. The opening of the door advances the rotor in such wise as to position a compartment between two successive partitions'immediatel at the deliver opening. The goods ma th is t en closed by the individual making the delivery and lever 26 is swun to the position shown in Figure 2, wherein pallet 27 is operative to engage the teeth of the ratchet 'for again advancing the. rotor on the opena ing of the door. The pallet is urged into ltl engaging positionby spring 29. During the movement of the rotor, the goods are held in safe position by a low cylindrical wall 30, which is rigid with disc 22 and contacts with theouter edges of partitions 23. Cylindrical wall 30 permits the ready insertion of the goods and protects them from being swung against the wall 10 of the cabinet by centrifugal force. There is thus no danger ofups'etting the bottles, or tearing of 2&5 packages. After one compartment has been and on t filled, a second individual making a delivery moves door 16. open, as described, and thus advances the rotor. The movement of the door results in the carrying away of the goods deposited by the person previously a stop 32 projects downwardly from disc 22 contacts with a rod 33. The housewife, in removing the goods, may withdraw the rod agalnst the action of a spring. 34 contacting at one end with a collar 35 on the rod and Levasao en be deposite on disc 22. The door e' completion of one revolution verse rotation and compartments containing" goods .cannot be moved forwardly to the delivery opening, as the stop 32 will contact with rod 33. The rotor may be emptied by the housewife and the stop 32 moved beyond rod 33, so that a complete rotation of the rotor is again possible.

The rotor is constructed strongly, the partitions 23 being" secured to disc 24: by screws 37 and cylindrical wall 30 cooperates with the partitions and disc 22 to impart strength. I

I claim: 1. The combination of a cabinet having an opening therein for the delivery of goods,

and a second opening therein for the removal of goods, a door for closing said first mentioned opening, a door for closing said second opening, a rotor pivoted to rotate in said cabinet, a pivoted lever, a pallet on said lever, 'a ratchet rigid with said rotor and a link connected at oneend to said lever and at the other end to said door, said lever being'almost at right angles to said link when said door is in closed position.

2. The combination of a cabinet having a door opening thereinto, a rotor rev-olubly mounted within said cabinet and having a plurality of compartments adapted to, be

successively positioned adjacent said, door, a ratchet wheel carried by said rotor, a pawl operated from said door for advancing said ratchet wheel and thus advancing said compartments successively upon opening of said door, a stop adapted tolimit rotary motion of said rotor after allot said compartments have past said door, and a second door giving access to said rotor and to said stop.

In .testimony that I claim the fore oing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee. 1n the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

Y FRANK TAMBORELLO. 

